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[Misc] Festival Of Remembrance
- Thread starter Frutos
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This.
AmexRuislip
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Nicely put
GREASED WEASEL
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- Dec 10, 2017
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well done Leona Lewis
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Publius Ovidius
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Why does only Boris attend?
Is it only open to the current prime minister? I know they all attend the cenotaph, but is there a reason why there are so few politicians?
Is it only open to the current prime minister? I know they all attend the cenotaph, but is there a reason why there are so few politicians?
Brian Fantana
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I’d have expected Corbyn to be there, especially during an election campaign.
Thunder Bolt
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RAF looking good
As did the Senior Service.
Thunder Bolt
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It is run by the Royal British Legion, not the State, so just the Prime Minister, otherwise you'd have to have all the party leaders there.
GT49er
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I wouldn't. He doesn't respect that sort of thing. All his little momentum supporters and the 'join the Labour for 50p for a lark' members would be horrified. It would be a betrayal of his loyal fans if he went there wouldn't it - he'd be supporting fascism, wouldn't he.........
I mean, patriotism is fascism ............ innit ................ besides, the PLO weren't invited. Racist!
BensGrandad
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I thought that I saw a tv clip of Emily Thornberry there so perhaps she was representing Corbyn.
swindonseagull
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RAF looking good
Your biased!!
theonlymikey
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Spent his time respecting the thousands who lost their livelihoods this week.
Anyway, looked every bit more statesmanlike that drunk Boris today
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GT49er
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Really? OK then...............................
Publius Ovidius
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To be fair mine was nothing to do with politics, I was just interested that thornberry was there, but Corbyn wasn’t.
I thought again it was a humbling event and those parents who had lost their son in Afghanistan and then their other remaining son signed up for the paras and led them down the stairs. You are very much left with mixed feelings...tremendous sadness from the parents, tremendous pride they must have felt, but there again, they must dread a knock at the front door whenever their child is away on active duty. The comments they made when relating the story of the knock at the door when their first son had been killed was heartbreaking.
BensGrandad
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They didnt show Corbyn on TV but did Emily Thornberry so assumed that for whatever reason he wasnt there and she represented him.
AmexRuislip
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As this year's festival of remembrance is on this coming weekend, I thought this was very poignant.
AmexRuislip
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Very moving event.